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ELIZABETH CITY, N6RTH CAROLINA SATURDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 18. 191$
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N0U3
Z:' ar.:I!an Troops f-lakc::
brilliant Trciich Attack
Advance Characterized As
Dne of I Smoothest Bits
ilOf; Trench
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FULL HUD
THE EEIiS
INTERESTING DISCU8I0NS BY
N. ft LEADERS. - ADDRESSES
BY OR. MULLINS OF LOUf8-
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OF ffilSII PEOPLE
M UESl
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AS BELGIUM'S FATHERS AND
; 60NS ARE RUTHLESSLY DE-
' '" ' . -t - ,f -. .
PORTED BY GERMANY '
Taking
vtu.
nessed lj Since
Wit
Somme
Drive
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' By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS '
"(United press Staff Correspohdept)
- With Canadian Forces on Somme
Trent, Not. 11 Eight minutes of
dashing across a iea of ,mud. 'w' me
thbdeal, advance in the face ot oar
j rage fire and ot ; quick work In
-trench hand to' hand aghtlng suffer
- ed toe Canadian to take Reglna
. trench. ..-''
JThe advance , has been character
, , 0M t tn mootneet Dit
, fWrencn taking", witnessed In the
' 'Somme drive. I saw Canadians mud
t3y to the eyebrows hut grinning
icheerfuyy the Uay 'after - they I had
accomplished this teat' ffhe assault
lasted barely more than elght; min-
utes and- w executed rn briKiant
moonlight and; la spite of, ft terrific
lUerman counter of baragV lire - and
In spjte ot the sea of mud.
Every i obJecUTe ,, he i Canadians
sought were completely won and bet
fore ..dawn, completely re-organized
they had 256 yards of connecting
trenches. . fThe ; night was : perfect.
'The bombardment was speeded up
' until at midnight the artillery was
"voicing one continuous roar. " '. ,
The BritishVbarrage fire began at
fifty yara In front of the Canadian
trenches. At midnight, as th8 men
went over their parapets toward the
German alines, ; the barrage of fire
"began to move forward toward Re
1 lna trench, he'd by the Pjnsslans;
- with p'w'fect ' precision. ; The 'CanM
dlanlwavepf men fo'.lowed closely
nd ty assault took - What remained
' of the Prussian' 'guard. " 4 !
Not a human TOlce was heard.
, The whole assault was made in per
fect silence. Both in , this reBpect
and fronlcvery standpoint the ac-
: tlon was ft ;model of method, and
co-operation ' In T1J "branchesV p. A
umber pf Americans participated
i the fighting. ' 1 '
'. The commanding general was nat
urally proud of his men. They ' never J
' wavered once an when they got
to the enemy, fought like bear cats
TiTcle Meets ,
Princeton
' ' (By United rresa V
, New York Nov. J8. The? Yale
Cull Dog , stands a fine chance of
losing an ear tnla afternoon t Prlfl
eeton, though Princeton Is wbndesj
tng Tjjw to prerefit th, tying of a
iuoCfn Its Utt sfcnil" to the one
that Harvard tleff.Vlt depends on
the chewing and taA knotlng abWty
tf
vppomtea trom
Serbia to S.
J , United Prekl)
i Washingtcn. ' Nov. 8 LJoubonir
Mlhaflovitctt has : been appointed
Serbian minister ; to the ;TJnlted
States and the f $Ute' Department
fas this morning notified ot the a$
pointmenL1f::.f.'.v' y
This Js the first appointment of
a Serbian minister to the United
States- though that country haslet
fiei Consul General to 'New ' Vorl
prior to this.' .
v ...a if,OWN--PICARD
X Hertford, 'Not. 1&-A pretty an
tumn wedding, was solemnised Wed
odsday afternoon "at 1:16 oVl6ck in
the Episcopal, chnrch, when Miss
Mar Elizabeth Plcard, the' attrac
Ive daughter of Mrs. Prank Picacd
became the bride of Mr. William
Thomas Brown of this town. The
church- was prettily ,decorted with
palms; ferns and cathedral candles
The ceremony was performed by
Mr", Lawrence, rector of the church
Miss Emily Skinner, presided at the
irgan. The bride, wearing a hand
somely tailofed suit of blue .broad
cloth with hat . and gloves to match
and carrying a bouquet of bride's
roses and lilies'bt: the ; vajley, en
tered on the arm of her. cousin, Mss
Beiisie Sawyer of Norfolk, who wore
a dainty' frock ' of whlU charmeuse
,wIU ' af. larga'.'. btaclf':''picttire "liat and
carried 7 yel'ow chrysanthemums tied
with "yellow tulle. The ;" bride's maid
MUses Laura and, Marion Barcliff,
i)f Elizabeth pltyT'wore lovely gowns
of 'grey? BAj v Wue jcha'euse '; with
hats, giotes. and shoes to harmonize'
and 'carried vP'nk .carnations tied
with pink tuUe. , Mr. . Bob Cox acted
as best man and the ushers were:
Mensrs. i Bever!y ; Tucher and Wood
Gaither. Immediately after- the cer
emony Mr. and Mrs, Brown leftfor
on extended northerntouf.
..V'
of th teams.
For interview
(By United Press) ' ,
, Berlin,' : Not. 18 , The , American
Etulnwy has arranged' an' inte
view with the Imperial Chance'.lor
for l fo rmation reRirdlng" the trant
r ' i of r,eU;ii'n vor'orrs Trpm
' J 10c Iktlk M Mlik ldc Milk 10c
I Elizabeth City . milk men have a
gain advanced the price to 12c a
quart effective Monday ' the ' 20th
Inst In many of the large cities the
price today Is 8 and 10 cents for
Certified JlUk and the expenses of
the freighting to the cities and de
llvering much greater than here..
If you are willing to agree to, buy
all the ml!k you use for the . next
three years troni a -new strictly san
itary dairy that -'will guarantee --'tf
furnish pure certified milk at 10c
quart delivered to your door, please
sign coupon below and mail or send
to m". ; ;V-"'J.;i':.,t,:
X. Y. Z. -rt.Yh
Care Advance, at once.. ;
Bir nature .... ...,. .
st. & No. ..",..":
Qts. used dally .".'.
The North Carolina Baptist State
Convention is to; ho'd its "eighty
sixth annual session In Black welt
Memorial Baptist . church, December
By action of the Convention last
year entertainment will be on the
Harvard, planthat Is, Iiq people' of
E'izabeth City wCl be expecte . . to
provide their guests with only 'lodg
ing and breakfast dally, leaving mes
sengers to seoure at their own ex
pense the noon and evening meals
near the church. ' ' :
The North Carolina Baptist Pas-
Ltors' Conference is to meet on Mon
day evening, December 4,' and con
tinue its sessions the next morning
a'nd afternoon. ' ''
The Convention Sermon is to be
preached Tuesday evening. " Decem
ber 5. by. Rev. Calvin! B. Waller, D.
D., ot Ashevflle, or alternate',
Rev. jlohn Jeter Hurt, D. D., of WU
mington. ' ?'j,If'i . 'U '.'J
PROGRAM OF PASTORS' CON- ,
. FERENCE e -Monday
tvenlna . t "
Sermon on "The " Lordship of Je
sus" by President MulUns,
Meeting ot the' Baptist Ministers
Benevolent Assurance Association.
Tuesday Morning.
' -9: 80. Opening Exercises. . ,
10:00. Th8 Soul-Winning Church
Rev. JA. Sullivan. t .
I 10:80. Guarding the Deposit Dr.
Livingston Johnson.
11:00. The Weekly Voice From
Heaven Rev. Charles L, Greaves.
s 11:30. The Response ot Jesus to
Modern Thought Dr. E. Y. Mulllns.
Tuesday Afternoon
2:30. Ojjen Conference on "Local
Pastors' Conference. Led by Rev. S.
L. Morgan.
8:30--Country Life and the Coun
try Church Dr. E. C. Branson
: 4:00. Miscellaneous Matters.
4:30. Leadership In the- Minis
try Dr, E. Y. Mulllns, '.
TENTATIVE , PROpRAM OF JHE
CONVENTION. :
-Tuesday Evening. ' '
Song Service. .''
7:45. Sermon.
Enrol'ment and Organization.
Welcome and Response.
Announcement and Distribution of
liReports.
Wednesday Mofnlnfl.
9:00 Devotional Service.
: 25 Miscellaneous.
:30 Brief 'Statements about He
ports and Appointment of Commit
tees on Recommendations. "'
10:30 Biblical Recorder.
11:30 Address Our Baptist Heri
tage E. Y, MulUnsli?;;;
Wedneday Afternoon.
2:30 Mlscellaneona. 5
General foplci EDUCATION.
2:45 Colleges.-,- -
, 3:41 Wake Forest Church Build
ing: '.
m
rr
n about 16 to
Wednesday Evening.
7:308ong Service. ;' - ..' '
; 7:45-Secondary Schoofs.
;; 8 : 30 Ministerial Education. ,
. 1: 00 Report of Committee
Recommendations, rs :
9 : lS-Address Baptists and
caUon E. , Y. Mul'.ins:, .
' . ,'. t Thursday Morning.'
9:00-Dovotiohal Service.
:20 Miscellaneous. " , j." ', ,
General Topic: MISSIONS..'
8:80 Report of Committee
Recommendations. 1
10 :0v Foreign. Missions.' 'A
,10:30-Home Missions.
11:00 State Mission.' - , '
11:80 Address-- A -4Vorthy
t!t rcgram E. Y. Mulllns,
Thursday A:tern6on,
, i 8v Unl.ed Press)
i f Jtfndon, Nov. . 18 Eng!nd'ls seek-
LSng meant cf reprfsal or Germany's
enslavement of Eelgi'um's men; ; ;
Not since the executlcn of kllsi
Edith Cavell has suxh a wave of
popular indignation swept over this
country. ' "l.''-yf , :
England realizes that the' only
hops of Intercession which ran pre
vent the clean sweep of fill Its man
hood from the detolate nation. Be!
glum, lies with the $, 8. v,
The storle of fathers and ( sons
parted forcibly from their wives anv
mothers by the r German soldiery
have fanned the Indignation of the
English peop!e to fever heat, Three
hundred thousand male Belgians a
bove the age of seventeen have been
affected by Germany's so-called 'em
ployement" oVders. Forty 'flv ;thbu
sand have been transported from
their homes up to the present date.
Two thousand daify ''are being; trans
ported by the German commander,
who are ruthlessly enforcing order,
It Is said.. : : :
WILL HOLU BAZAAR , . '
The tarsonase ; Sdclety of :Z City
Road church will hold a Bazaar In
the Hlnton Building on December
J4-15-16. At 'this time they will offer
for sa'.e a -number of f ancy articles
of embroidered and crocheted piec
es, etc.
j on
' i,
Edu-
on
! ;
Ban-
School Board.
3:45 B. Y. P. U.
4:15 Women's Work.
Thursday Evening.
7:30 Song Service.
7:45 Men's Movement. ,
8: 15 Address The Model Lay
man. E. Y M,ullins. -
Friday Morning.
9:00 Devotional Service.
9:20 Reading Minutes.
General Topic: SOCIAL SER
VICE. 9:30 Ministers Relief.
10:00 temperance.
10 : 80 Orphanage.
lT!73 Miscellaneous.
11:46 Memorial Hour.
Reduced rates to Elizabeth City
for the Convention have been grant
ed by the proper, authorities. Rates
are on the certificate plan. Dele
gates will pay full tare going to the
Convention, securing a certificate
(not a slmp'e receipt) for the same.
On. return halt fare pin 50 cents
wi:f be paid.
The following announcement Is
made by the entertainment committee:
"It is the desire not only of our
church, but of the. whole people of
Elizabeth City to give the 'Conven
tion delegates tb most cordial wel
come and' the best - entertainment
that. Is within our' power,' In order
to do this, we must know some days
before the Convention meets , just
how many delegates are going to be
with us. We do not feel that we
can be responsible for the' entertain!
ment of any who will not let us
ltpow of their coming "at least six
day ' before the Convention, con
venes. - ... ' . '' . : '
: The Chairman of th Entertaim
ment Committee Is Bro. E. F. Ayd
lett," Elizabeth City, N. C. W trust
that all brethern ' throughout the
State will take note of this snd ad
dress all correspondence In regard
to entertainment to Brother 'Ayd-
lett. . -':y. ' : -. :
"We shall delight In serving those
who will come among us. but .wf
shall exiwet each one to let us
know of hi coming at the very
enrllfBt pnnsilile date. - '
"Iiot wj-hrs to th mtiltltndu
111 HSU F011
StDOuIII
KIOOIES BOTH BIG AND LITTLE
ARE KEEPING UP THtlR REC.
OROS WITH 2EST ."'-
The honor roll for the - second
month of th fall term of the E'lx-
abeth City schools, onding Novem-
ner loth, is as follows "
. HIGH SCHOOL'' " ' '
. Janie, .Mercer, EUzabeth Kramer'
Elt"beth : v Nash, , . Graham i; Evans,
fTancu fieyfert,,,. :
vinAMMAR 8CH00L f
Miss Hbltf Teacher;- Ruth Bright
Ruth Scott, Rebecca Miller, Oscar
Williams.. '
Mis Cobb. Teacher; Nellie Ma
Jones, Mry Dozler,- Elizabeth ; Le
oy. Msrv h.t prichard,, Elizabeth
Harris, (tmlly Commander. Ada Be
langla,mAnnie. Winlow Selma Mad
rln Joseph , Ferebee, , James Hill,
WHIlam ScotC Earl Baker, , William
Dudley. '. , !. . .
' fizs Weethierly, Teacher; ; Mary
Caln-. ,Wrgaret HolloweJI, Mary, Lee
,a.?k,1 '.Margaret Nash, -Nannie
Mae Stokes Rachel Williams. W
ma 'Ballard, Tommle Oray Willis
Kramer, Edward old, Marlon gey
fert. .' - ' V- ' .'" . , . .
; Fifth Grades f-fc.-v
f M lBon, Teachrr Elsie Pugh.
Rosa Lee Wood,'. Marvin William,
Bradford 8anders... ',, V
; .Miss Pearon, Teacher; Ellen Mel
IcK,, Maxinev Fearing, Helen little,
Lillian Harris, ; - Margaret !ommn
der, Zackftwens,, Albert 'BrightJu
lian Hill, Stuart Wood, Harvey Daw
eon, Sam Henderson, Constant Fear
tag. ' - ,, . .
Mrs. At wa ter, r Teacher; Margaret
Bondurant, Earl Sutton, Joseph Por
ter, Randall Holloman, Welborn'e
Harrell, Guy White, ,Frank Benton,
Carlton Woodley. , -' ;
Sixth Grades
Miss Lasflter, Teacher, Millicent
Herman, Anna Belle Abbott, Sarah
Hill, Eva Walston, Clyde Gregson,
Leslie Sherlock, Ramlel Lamb.
Miss Jones, Teacher; Una Raper,
Rosalie Stevenson, Gussle Sample,
Charles -Ashby,. George Qodfrey,
James Hathaway, Larry Skinner.
Lewis Roughton. t "' .,'-
Mrs. Pool, , Teacher; ,Earnestine
Ballance, Leona Lewis, , May . Price,
Wejmouth Davis,, William Prichard
'J ' Seventh Grade
Miss Elliott, . Teacher; Margaret
Chesson, Qoldie Stokes, Margaret
Mann, Eunice Goodwin, Emma Mor
gan, Arkie Jones. Lottie Drtnkwater
Elizabeth Etberldge, Emily Jennings
Alma Hayman. Gertrude Stokely,
Courtney Seymore, Claude Ward,
Sidney Evans. ' . ' ,
Miss Harney, Teacher; Clara Bate
man, Sophie Davis, Nellie Mead,
Frank Dawson, Robert Kramer; Se!
dW Lamb, Harris Parks, Wergman
Munden, Annie White, Charles Sey
fert. , PRIMARY SCHOOL,
nt Grade . . , v
Miss Grlffln, Teacher; Elisabeth
Beats, Doris Cartwright, Margaret
Long, Ruth Overman, Marie 8imons
Eva Mea Swain, George Bembury,
William Brinson, William Davis.
Aubrey Gallop, Carter Jennette,' Les
ter Holmes, HslHe Payne, Julian
Raper, Keith Saunders, Oscar Stroud
... Miss 8tevens. Teacher;' .Vergtla
Banks Grace Be'Dudley, Elizabeth
Gasklns, Carrie 'Louise Gard. Flora
Griggs, Katherlne Mannr Evelyn
Puckett, ' Rebecca ; Stevens,' j Olive
Peail Skil'e, Hallle , Sllverthorn,
Roy Boyce, James Ferebee, John.
Kramer. Leslie ..Poo!, William Puck
ett, Selby Stokos, Le Verne Simp
son Robert: wnlams, ; Ilallet Wil
liams, Mlllon Self, Charlie Spear. ;
Miss Zce'ler,-Tear her Naomi Bag
!ey,' Josephine Brltton, Sybil Bundy,
Lydia Cahoon. Msrcnret Fearing.
Ruth Jones, r.ou'p't Ralph, Fdnn
mm.) ,.
. Fiiiitii ci:
BUT BERLIN INSISTS ON .SAN,
. i '
GUINARY REP.ULSE OF ENEMY
BEFORE M ON ASTIR ' ' .
(By United Pr)
London, Nov. 18 General Hal
report further ai led advances dur
ing the night north of Beaucourt.,
. From Petrograd come announce
ment of progress, by the Russian
in . tho, DobrydJa region" against
MackenseV "invading Teutons. ,
Berlin claims that the allied for
Co advancing npod Monastir, the
capture ' ot which was believed - ia
mlnent yesterday, have , been sansul
narfly repulsed.. :"", ."' ; :
Calls OnlWilcoa
(United Prezs) , i e
Washington, Not. 18- Organized
LabOrwill py it pot-electioi re-
specU to President WHsoh this af
ternoon when several hundred dele
gates; of the American Federation
of tibor will, be received la th
East Room- ot th White House.
Jacock,' Charles .Munden, t Fearing
Owen, ' Milton Sawyer. John Tura-
ge, Bertram White, KaihaV White. '
' .Advanced Flrt' Orde - '
Mrs. Fearing Teacher:. Ruth Doc-
ler Margaret 1 Gregoiy fries ' flM.
Louife Harris ; Cornelia' epkin, '
Monterey Lomax,4 Befle Miller,' TPVa'n t
ee Mccienny. ciara rntcnara, ju-
ljan TUttle, Marie Spence, Vivian
Turner, Thoma Ame. Curtl Bai-
lance. Clifton Bright, ' Rufu .Brad- J
ley, Ernest Carter,; Jtoilin (Daniel,
Wlltotn. Forbes Charlie Hale, ' Ell-
ford Jones, WUHan Metre, ,Tyer
Boem"an, Violet Baker," Mary Dud- t
ley Leona Sander, Lnclle Trneblood
Davis, Sam Forbes, Edwrds- Qain
Lee
ton
Richards, pharle TwiddyFel
White. '''ftt!,h
Second (Br.1 r -
Miss Willis. Teacher' Anne Mel-
lck, Helen. Leigh, Martha Scott, virv
... n..m.Mr T tlfll '
ginia ienoy, mrj "sw;i ..-... .
William. Susan aWrd, Bobbie Fea
ing, Joseph , Kramer, Blllie Fearing,
Woodward Hughes, Roscoe . Fore
man. Blacknall Cook, Wilson Sand'
fimm Roll Toarhpr: Mirv Owitll.
Helen ivramer, jhib. .
.t. ; f ,111. 'TmittnrA "V.a'a..''
LavlB, Ai'OU owt w mma-t v -
nee Pritchard " v ' .
Mrs. Etherldge, teacher;. : Lena
Dudley, Margaret Connery; Ida- Las- i
itpr Tvot Mae Borulll. Julia Salter,,
Marvin i;an,wngi, r,wwiM .
son, Edward" Walker. -V"
; ThVd Grade .' :
til., ManhiM . Teacher r Laura .
Alezander. , Luclle Beasley, - Olivai
Benton, Katy Cartel, Vivian Cope
land, Ruth Oasklns, Cecil Patrick,
Ethel Mae Pugh Lennle. Belle SIv-
n. 1 nr.n. fl,,a Mirk ftrftffnrv. Al .
Ill,, niuvr TiLiLim,
on Harris, Frank Horner, Frank Hoi
lowell, Thomas Jenkins,, Ernest Sad
ders Roscoe : Turner Ernest ; Wil
liams. V-V-' 1 .n-"'1 ,'VrlV';'
Miss Ferebee, Teacher; Katnerine
Davis, Sarah Helen, Lewis,' Annie
Mldgett, Eunice Richardson, Mary
Tarkenton,- Ellzabet Williams. Mary
Wlnslow, Lawrence , Aydlett, Wai
lace Bagley. Wilbur Madrtn. .Begi
nald Lowry, Carlle Price, Wllborrie
Smlt, Edward Dunstart, ciauae wsi
Mrs. Skinner, Teacher;' Minnie
Lee - Brockett, Ltfclle Jennette, Bon-""
nie Parks, LouIse Outlaw. Ada Pal
merMargaret E. Sawyer,' Margarle
8kinner Annie Seeley, Margaret W.
Bawrer, Elizabeth Thompson, Lil
lian -Wilkin. LouIko White, CarrVl
Abbott. Vernon Cbuppol!. WrJlm